I followed the little mouse on the map for a while. On the fourth move of the mouse, he crashed the game:

(Jul 25, 2011 06:47 AM)AndyKorth Wrote:  I followed the little mouse on the map for a while. On the fourth move of the mouse, he crashed the game:

that bastard!

Doesn't run on my Mac Mini (Unsupported on this Mac). Does it require 64-bit?

nope (not to my knowledge).
It does require X.6 though

I'm on 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).
Trying to open the executable file itself in Terminal gives me a 'Bad CPU type in executable' error.

hmmm, okay. I'll have to take a look at the build options

Yep, 64-bit only (doesn't run on my MacBook)

(Jul 25, 2011 05:11 PM)PowerMacX Wrote:  Yep, 64-bit only (doesn't run on my MacBook)

Code:

$ lipo -detailed_info Felinity
input file Felinity is not a fat file
Non-fat file: Felinity is architecture: x86_64

Thanks guys. Turns out debug builds don't build fatty executables. I'll upload a new version tonight so everyone can play.

Uploaded a new version (SHOULD be fatty, but running lipo on it gave me no useful output)

You have to go into the bundle and lipo the binary itself.

(Jul 25, 2011 07:08 PM)AndyKorth Wrote:  You have to go into the bundle and lipo the binary itself.

Code:

kortham@Rivest ~/Desktop/Felinity.app/Contents/MacOS$ lipo -info Felinity
Architectures in the fat file: Felinity are: x86_64 i386

It's IN the executable. *stands like monkey around computer*

It's a tad early for polish, but I wanted to start setting standard for the art in the game earlier in production. From previous iterations, mostly everything is more well defined.

Other things done is now you're able to die. Like when your character dies, you go to the game over screen and everything... which is of course incomplete, but that's better than your game being stuck in a soft-hang.

You can also play through the full rat story line...



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So a crucial part of Felinity is now done: The ability to save a game and load your saves.

So there are a few different save models in RPGs.

• Save at dedicated spots. Such as at an inn or church. This doesn't well for Felinity as she spends the majority of the time in the "wild" and I don't think she's particularly religious, being a cat and all.
• Save absolutely at any time. My approach is similar to this, but not entirely. You can save anywhere on the map portion of the game. Exceptions are when you are in the middle of a Dialog, or "actions" are running. I also do not allow saving in the middle of a Battle (I feel the potential to cheese here are far too great).
  

Probably the best part of having Save and Continue implemented is that I can now test different parts of my game more easily. At the very least, I can hack save files together to be where I need to be!

So what comes next:


I need to do some artwork for the post office (where you find the rat king), I need people in the post office (ya know, that's one thing that's horribly absent from my game. Cars and people).

After that I will be putting in more work into the Park. The Park is where we'll be meeting the next enemies. One of the things I have to keep in mind is level progression. I want people to level moderately quickly as this is a somewhat short game, but I must be careful not to progress the enemies too quickly, or Tandy may find herself overwhelmed if she decides to forego leveling first. The game rewards you modestly for fighting things much too hard (simply beyond your level), so that you're always brought up to the correct level for the area swiftly. The game also rewards you less so for staying in one area and grinding up. I don't want anyone to feel they need to stay in an area and level because "the next area is too hard".

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Thanks to some valuable feedback, I've revamped much of the game's world graphics:


As always, download is available here

I'm going to be on the road on "vacation" for the next 5 days, hopefully I can get my art / guys planned out for the next few areas, as well as plan Tandy's level progression from level 6 and onward.

PS. Any way to fix the images from being chopped off?